Book Description

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Sunday Under Three Heads by Charles Dickens.As a young man, Victorian writer Charles Dickens expressed his disgust at certain aspects of organized religion. In 1836 a law was proposed that would prohibit all work and recreation on Sunday. Using the pseudonym Timothy Sparks, Dickens, then 24, wrote a pamphlet titled Sunday Under Three Heads in which he defended the people's right to pleasure, opposing a plan to ban games on Sundays. The full title was Sunday Under Three Heads. How are the things going; As would Saturday's bills; How could it be done. Charles Dickens - Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is considered by many to be the best novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century, critics and scholars recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens dropped out of school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtor's prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly newspaper for 20 years, wrote 15 novels,